Petition · past parliament · Ministry of Justice

Remove parental responsibility of convicted child sex offenders

Closed 1,770 signatures

What the petition asks

The Government should prevent convicted child sex offenders from having any contact with their children, by making this an automatic licence condition for all such offenders.
Partners of convicted child sex offenders have difficulty legally protecting their children when the sex offender still maintains their parental responsibility. Signatures to change names and details on official documents for the children often require both parental signatures, which can be difficult and distressing to obtain if the parents are estranged and there are risk to the children if contact were to be made.

Timeline

12 Mar 2021 Petition opened for signatures
12 Sep 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 1,770
Status Closed
Department Ministry of Justice
Opened 12 Mar 2021
Closed 12 Sep 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.